In 1927 Herman and Rhoda  Becker  (who they say really ran the business) started the H.P. Becker Company to make and distribute potato chips that were both "Tasty & Fresh". His vision was to make the best potato chips that could be made. With Herman, it was all about quality whether it was his cigars or his chips. When he started each potato was peeled one at a time; and to the last day when my father, Richard E. Becker, closed the chip production they were still cooked by hand.

By 1929 he had added other lines of snack foods including the relatively new company, Planter's Peanuts. His market started in the small towns around Norwalk like Willard, Monroeville, and Milan where Thomas Edison was born. Eventually Herman expanded his territory to almost  60 miles away to Toledo to the West and to Cleveland to the East. 

In the late1930's in an effort to ensure the availability of potatoes and shortening a group of men from northern Ohio joined together to form the National Potato Chip Institute. One of the founding fathers of what is today a national concern, the Snack Food Association, was my grandfather. From 1938 to the late 50's Hermann was an active member of the association.

By the 1940's the H.P. Becker Co had become well established and my father was becoming more involved in it's operation learning directly from my grandparents. In 1952 he joined the Air Force and was transferred to Tucson , Arizona where I was born, returning to Norwalk in 1955 and then taking over operations in 1957.

Over the years children on field trips would come to our factory to see how Becker Potato Chips were made. As kids we spent a lot of time working at the factory and saw these groups of children come through the plant. Sometimes, while working in the back by the cooker my dad and I would watch the kids sneak (or so they thought) a warm freshly salted chip as it rolled off the conveyer belt.

Over time, our products became legendary. If you to ask anyone who lived in Ohio during this time they will remember the red and white Becker potato chip can.  Antique shops are where you'll find the bags and cans today. The 5 to 20 cent bags are today as much as $5 and  metal cans ( if you can find them) are sold anywhere from $40 to $80 dollars apiece that once had a deposit of 50 cents. 

Herman enjoyed a good smoke at the end of the day, or when he went hunting and fishing and he was just as particular about those cigars as he was his chips; they had to be the best.

Today, the tradition and legend of H.P. Becker Co. continues by producing some of the finest cigars available anywhere today. We use the finest Cuban seed aged tobaccos in the world, and go to great lengths to ensure them to be in optimal condition for your enjoyment. It is my goal to provide you with superlative premium cigars that are both " Tasty & Fresh ".